Revealing Secret Lightroom Tricks PROs Use to FOOL You!

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In this week’s episode, we discuss the secret Lightroom editing tricks professionals use to fool you and the step by step process in which they do it. The five editing tricks covered in this video, are some of my favorite techniques and can really take a photo from good to great in just a matter of a few minutes. And, by the time you watch this video and become comfortable applying these tricks to your own photos, you'll begin seeing many use cases within your own photography moving forward. I hope you enjoy this week's video and find it both helpful and beneficial to your photo editing skill set. As always, thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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@ronpniewski1098 2 жыл бұрын

I've heard you say often "you'll get more keepers" In your mind what's a keeper? I'm 76 yrs old and I've had cameras starting off with a Kodak twin reflex in the 1950's. Having said that is a keeper image one you can sell, enjoy yourself,or get compliments and positive feedback.

@jimbass2127 Жыл бұрын

I'm generally in agreement with your editing choices. But I prefer the before version of the first example (the starburst shot) with the stronger contrast.

@TeeFetch Жыл бұрын

ditto

@mikkellassen3935 Жыл бұрын

Totally agree! I think the edited version ended up looking bland to me - on the fence with the second picture too... :/ Just goes to show how different our preferences are :P

@ghairobin Жыл бұрын

@makasii Жыл бұрын

social medias are fascinating... imagine doing the same in real life. walking by a butcher and telling hin: your meat notmally looks delicious, but I don't like that pork leg 😅

@adoloro Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that’s what I thought as well.

@CPH_Wednesday Жыл бұрын

Great video. I was really looking forward to seeing how you dealt with the lighthouse in the preview thumbnail………but there was no lighthouse?

@L.Spencer 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like something is wrong with me, but I like the before look more. 😔

@unbotheredent Жыл бұрын

I Feel That Way A lot

@SvenArneRasmussen Жыл бұрын

The second picture was so great as it was with the darker details on the mountains with a fading sunburnt sky. The edit blows out all the nice color of the sky and makes a pretty big white ring aswell as taking away the majestics of the mountains. Hmm if this is what people are doing to "fool" me, they gotta get better at fooling.

@echoblufftimelapses3476 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mark! Superhelpful (though I was admittedly disappointed hoping to see those lighthouses).

@richardhutson2474 Жыл бұрын

Mark, Thank you for turnng this feature on for me !

@europe_in_your_pocket139 Жыл бұрын

Tipp 4 is Awesome! Thank you

@davidmatos8465 2 жыл бұрын

What a great video! Your switching between before & after views is especially helpful. That's something that I wish other folks would do more often in their own Lightroom tutorials. Keep up the good work, and thank you!

@ksnmurthy4476 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome Mark. 👌👏🏽👏🏽

@Lynettelucasphotography Жыл бұрын

I like the bright and cheery editing too.

@anthonymrbs 2 жыл бұрын

I get so many great tips from your videos Mark. And I’ve been doing scenic and landscape photography non stop for 45 years! I’ve already gone back and applied your techniques in this video to some of my sunsets and they’ve made a great improvement.

@simonhowe6982 Жыл бұрын

Great tips, thanks Mark 👍

@medsyn5271 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial 🙏🏻

@jdub1963yahoocom 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark, excellent content. What might be interesting in the future for folks, like me, who are trying to learn Photoshop as well, is the show these great techniques in Lightroom as you've done here and then flip over to Photoshop to show how to produce the same effect in Photoshop. It would be interesting to see the benefits of one process over the other. Thanks for taking the time to show this type of content.

@robertwhitemoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this Mark!!

@JohnDrummondPhoto Жыл бұрын

I've been using that light glow effect for a while, with a variation. Adding haze and de-texture tends to over-expose the area to my liking and also washes out the color. So within that radial filter, I slightly reduce exposure and increase saturation. Just my preference.

@jimwhite1050 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for the tips.

@ProducerWife Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. Very helpful

@allengreene27 Жыл бұрын

Great tips and tricks thank you so much!

@sophornnarithsam2417 Жыл бұрын

Like your channel, good explanation and gain a lot of knowledge with my edit skills. Thank you

@johnthomasdoyle1964 10 ай бұрын

Love the way you explain your tutorials Mark.

@bv52gyf Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this Mark, I always felt that some of my images were just lacking ‘something’ I really enjoy your videos especially the Lightroom editing ones Andy

@mauriceprokaziuk337 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for some great ideas. Really like the radial tool for bringing out colour in sunset/sunrises.

@bhattks 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice information again thank you

@ecycled3d Жыл бұрын

Excellent, as always. Thank you Mark!

@vidmaster7 Жыл бұрын

Hi, Mark. I love your channel and learn a lot from your tutorials. Thank you for not playing music while you teach. I was curious about the thumbnail image for this video. I am certain that is the Heceta Head Lighthouse in Oregon. However, you never covered it in your video. I've been there several times and have images to edit.

@panyiaxiong82 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@deangawler9727 2 жыл бұрын

Wow - in the first 8 minutes, I've learnt more about using Lightroom effectively than I have in the last year! Thanks, awesome video.

@epronske Жыл бұрын

Fantastic tips!

@jhollie8196 Жыл бұрын

Glad i grew up and got my degree in photography in the film days. I believe those who went this route understand the importance of setting up your shot. F stop, aperture, depth of field and lighting all need to be correct. Today, one shoots hundreds of images in hopes of the one good image. No concept of what is taking place because in the back of their mind they know they can correct everything to include sharpening in some post production software. Don’t get me wrong, i use PS. But when you shoot with film, it costs money when you fail to incorporate the basics.

@eddied1817 Жыл бұрын

Thank u soooo much, I start using Lightroom and this helped me a lot. 🙏

@mariosnicolaou8770 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Mark. Really interesting and very practical video. Learned a lot. Love your very clear delivery and excellent explanations, and your charisma. Pace of video is great

@paulsanmartin7132 Жыл бұрын

You are the best. Thanks for the tutorials and the tips, it has improved my photography editing skills a lot.

@juanstout Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this video... everything but that shirt.... Go Herd... 😁😁

@michaelhicks7671 2 жыл бұрын

Great tips Mark! I love how you do so much of the edit in Lightroom. Thanks for all the work!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching Michael!

@trinasculley4989 Жыл бұрын

Great video, Mark. All new techniques I will try when I re-re-re-edit my photos one more time 😊

@sasygrl31 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! Very informative!

@brandonmjohnsonphotography 2 жыл бұрын

Mark does it again! Great video as always! I'm definitely going to have to try out the noise idea. I greatly appreciate you doing these awesome videos for us all. You are the man!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

This is great to hear - thank ya!!

@JeffreyJohnsonC 2 жыл бұрын

I like getting things right in camera... So I just jack the ISO up for noise 😂

@debdeepchaudhuri9807 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Denney for another nice quick tutorial.

@PracticingPhotography Жыл бұрын

Always enjoy your techniques.

@johnharkness6095 2 жыл бұрын

Great information! Thanks Mark!

@BabyG084 Жыл бұрын

uhhhh im just at trick #2 and i just tested that out and boom what a difference. thank you so much alredy. definitely gonna finish to see what else u got there :) much love from Germany

@michaelt7320 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Mark, for another informative video. I also find that it's effective to raise the black slider for landscapes, as you have mentioned this before. The other techniques will be very useful to me, especially the side lighting tip and the Golden Hour POP. Very clearly explained. Great video.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Michael!

@jvusa Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark, Great video. It really helps a lot.

@sergeberlinski718 2 жыл бұрын

I am at the point when I want to apply all of these tricks to my photos but didn’t even know where to start till now! Thank you so much for making this video!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

This is great to hear - thank you!

@ericthibault8736 2 жыл бұрын

Once again, awesome video this week. Love your editing videos and so many great editing tools to add to my bag.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much man!

@pimpim7601 2 ай бұрын

love to learn from you.

@pafredricks 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all your videos. I’ve learned so much from you!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Love hearing this - thank you!

@FEARLESSHYENADESIGN 2 жыл бұрын

2:53 "Rock the contrast" now that's a t-shirt, right there. lol

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@ko300zx Жыл бұрын

I live at the beach and take a lot of sunset shots. I've always struggled with editing the sun. These look really great and I'm definitely going to go back through some old shots and give some of these techniques a try.

@mikebartow9415 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Your videos are always informative. It is nice to know how you use photo editing techniques. It has been a great help to me.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

This is great to hear Mike - thank you!

@noelmallia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this tricks you shared with us and well done for the great video as all ways

@Jatinm007 2 жыл бұрын

Always something new to learn from your videos.. thank you Mark.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear this!

@colinbrewer6507 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark you have made this so simple to listen to keep the info Mark

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Colin!

@jimsmith556 2 жыл бұрын

Great tips and ideas Mark! Thank you!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thank ya Jim!!

@Tolarasjcx4 Жыл бұрын

Great video !!!

@ionutvlad 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video, Mark! As always, very interesting ideas, and for me, as beginner in editing/post-processing (and I love it more and more), I always found in your video moments like "ahaaa! this is how is done....". I loved specially your first examples, with golden hour photos, du the fact that I have some recently taken on a beautiful islands, and now I have great ideas to try again to edit it, in a different way that I did it 😀 Thanks, Mark!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear the video was helpful!

@signatureeditseditingtutor1799 Жыл бұрын

This is great Mark! Fire content as usual my friend :)

@elithunder Жыл бұрын

Very informative and helpful insights and tips. Thanks for sharing!!!

@jhayward3766 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the very informative video. I will definitely be using these techniques in my future edits and will go back through some of my previous images to use them there as well.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out!

@dentom1954 2 жыл бұрын

Another great editing video!! Will certainly give these a go in the future. Thank you.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@brianlemke6017 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. I knew some of this but you take it to another level. The calibration tool is amazing. Thanks for these tips.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear it was helpful Brian!

@nicksaunders106 2 жыл бұрын

Great informative video Mark, thanks as always.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out Nick!

@Lynettelucasphotography Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this

@ivan7453 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mark, thank you for another top quality video. Please keep up the great work. Cheers, Ivan

@dougtunison 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for collecting all of these techniques in one video. I use most of these ideas, picked up one at a time from multiple videos. I appreciate you taking the time to consolidate these into a single video.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a million for checking out the video Doug!

@beckymurphy3603 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for continuing to give us videos with editing tips. You show just enough without overwhelming us viewers….I have watched other photographers videos and they talk so fast and move thru the steps so fast that they lose me half way thru the video and I turn it off. I would appreciate tips for editing daytime pics too as I don’t often get to take sunrise and sunsets. Thanks for your help.

@tommygaming590 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always Mark!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tommy!!

@Tastewithnewdrinks Жыл бұрын

Great review.

@wizsnapsalot2 Жыл бұрын

Just here to celebrate 🍾 the Appalachian state tee!

@pederkristensen4691 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a great “tip” video. Making a digital image to look like a film image have some challenges, eg to get a Kodachrome or Ektachrome look. The two film types had completely different manufacturing and development processes. In Australia, the manufacturing process of these films were bit different to US manufacturing. Due the northern and southern atmospheric differences the Kelvin degree sensitivity were different.

@_FuRiOn_ Жыл бұрын

Nice tips man

@kenbrannphotography 2 жыл бұрын

Really love your videos. Don't know what you did in the corporate world but you really have the ability to draw me in. Great video.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Ken!!

@davebryer6133 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, the first tip I have tried a few times but never got it right, so I went back to a recent image and redid the radial gradient over the setting sun and it made the image vastly better and it was one of my best picks in a while. Thanks agian.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Love hearing this Dave!

@paulus0109 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful Mark, thnx.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to do it!!

@rickgonzalez6345 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Mark!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Rick!!

@robertvanderwal4419 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Mark, I believe you got you last before & afters mixed up on the Yosemite scene. No biggy, great video!

@basecampcarolina4352 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome shirt! Go App!

@daddycez 2 жыл бұрын

Please correct me if I'm wrong: but for photo #2 wouldn't the trees and top of that little mountain have the light on it too if the sun was bright enough to light the cliffs? The things I worry about trying to make beautiful images like this man has made!

@dannyhead5287 2 жыл бұрын

Again...great content!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it Danny!

@claudio2one Жыл бұрын

... i like the before better, but either way, great edditing tips'n'tools. so much thanks!

@carolynvines2027 Жыл бұрын

😄 I think dyslexia crept into Mark's reality while showing the before and after samples of the third trick. 😄 I love this channel, though. Mark offers great tips with a warm attitude.

@jetfightercn 2 жыл бұрын

Nice tips. thanks!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a million!

@keithsimpson9754 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keith!

@rappy90 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! Just curious if you ever play with the mid-tone setting under the color grading section or do you generally just stick to the shadows/highlights?

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

I seldom use it, just every once and awhile.

@farrokhsutaria6115 2 жыл бұрын

Mark, I notice that your studio environment has shuttered windows and a purplish light. Could you do a future video on setting up a photo editing environment?

@Ktizo_Images 2 жыл бұрын

Mark, I like everything you do on your channel. (OK, don't care for ICM but that's my problem.) But I really enjoy your help in processing images in Lightroom. Thanks for being so open. I'm so glad I'm a subscriber.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gary! I'm glad you're a subscriber as well!

@heresjohnny999 Жыл бұрын

Cool vid, but the first pic I kinda liked it the way it was originally. I might have just lit up rocks a bit. Shows most of this is subjective really.

@sarahmitchell4729 2 жыл бұрын

Superb tutorial. More please.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Sarah!

@mark1hancock Жыл бұрын

I was looking forward to your editting of the Lighthouse as shown on the thumb nail of the KZfaq. I have a few shots that could potentially benefit but it wasn't there?

@ralphsydney7426 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@MarkDenneyPhoto Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this Ralph!

@billygarrett3911 2 жыл бұрын

Once again another great video. Love your tee shirt in the video..lol. I will be in Boone, Banner Elk soon. What are your favorite spots around there? I have been visiting those areas for over 30 years.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Billy! I I’ve wandering all along the Blue Ridge Parkway in that area!

@sseggelink 2 жыл бұрын

That waterfall near the end of the video looks like Issaqueena Falls

@dkproductions Жыл бұрын

Mark, thank you so much for all your straight to the point and thoughtful videos. I am picking through your catalog everyday one by one to absorb the info like a sponge. Do you have a tutorial available on how to capture a sunset image like this? I don’t think I found one. Basically I’m wondering what your technique is for exposing the foreground and the sky properly. Is it bracketing/HDR? Is it a glass graduated ND filter in front of the lens? Thank you!

@stilgenbauerkevin2914 Жыл бұрын

That´s a point that bothers me the most when I´m watching all kind of photography tutorials on youtube. Most of the time I have the impression that the "starting" material that is used to show a specific editing technique is finally edited and what´s left is only the cherry on the cake. So the tip is not quiet useful if you still struggle to do the work to get the "starting" material.

@pamjohnston3219 Жыл бұрын

Mark..great video! How do you make a set point in the tone curve???

@GuidoVanDeWater 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Mark, the only thing I didn't use before is the grain tool. Might have some shots where that might be interesting for so I'll give it a try. I realy like how you show what you do on the screen in your videos. Been thinking about making some how to videos for my landscape photography channel but haven't figured the screen recording out yet. For now I'll stick to the on location videos 🤣 hopefully I can do something like this un the future to. If I even come close to your quality then I would be a happy man! Keep them up mark realy enjoying them 🙂 grt guido

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much - really appreciate the kind words!

@ddmarty Жыл бұрын

Once you make the edit with the radial gradient, how do you apply the change? When I click on the mask button to exit masks, my change goes away.

@charliebraud5112 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for video. One question. While working in the curve panel, you dropped several points on the diagonal line, but moved only the bottom two in the shadows area. Did your dropped points do anything to change the image, in the midtones or the highlights, since they were not moved?

@futureexperience 2 жыл бұрын

Good catch! I don't believe they do anything if you just set the anchor point. They stay where they are until you move them. In my mind he did that as him normal process but then only showed us what he was doing in terms of the blacks. He probably would change those mid tones doing more editing work later.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to do it Charlie! The anchor points in the mid tones and highlights locked the curve in place and didn’t allow the mid tones and highlights to be impacted when I adjusted the shadows